Pickle-fork.



No. 880,807. PATENTED MAR. 3, 1908.

E. F. MENKIN. PIGKLE FORK.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 9, 1807.

Win65: 5111811151 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD F. MENKIN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO ENTERPRISE SPECIALTY COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

PICKLE-FORK.

invention relates to forks specially adapted and intended for the use in'removing pickles and other articles one at a time from the bottle or other receptacle,'and this without Waste of time and without any great difficulty in so doing. .Under the term pickle is included articles put up in bottles or j ars:

The obj ects of the invention are to construct a pickle fork having a stem and an acting end, with the acting end provided with a spear point and a hook grab for entering the body of the pickle or other articles and firmly graspingand holding the same in withdrawal from the bottle or receptacle; to construct a piclde fork from wire formed into shape to have a twisted stem, a spear point and a hook grab all integral with the other; and to construct a pickle fork from a single piece of wire, formed into, shape to have a twisted stem, a spear point. and a spiral hook grab,

all into ral one with the other.

The invention consists in the features of construction hereinafter described and pointed out in the'c'laim.

In the drawings, illustrating the invention, Figure 1 is an elevation of the fork complete; Fig. 2, a detail showin the acting end of the fork latterally, viewe from Fi 1 and F' 3, an end view of the acting enfi of the for The fork in the construction shown is made from a single piece of Wire of the length re.- quired to be turned on itself and form the stem, the spear point and the hook grab of the completed fork. The two parts or strands of the wire are twisted together to produce a sin le twisted strand, which forms the stem 0. of t efork. .The oined or free ends of the two parts or strands of the wire turned on itself are made into a spear pointj, and the hook grab c which preferably is of a spiral or corkscrew shape, so as to have an outward curve away from and toward the s ear point, with a space between the termina end of the hook Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed Baptember 9- 1907- Serial No. 391,987.

Patented much a, 1908.

grab and the spear point as shown in the drawing. The spear point I) and the hook grab a are both made sufliciently sharp so as to readily enter the body-of the ickle "or other article, and when entered ave the article grasped and held firmly by and on the acting end of the fork. The joined or continuous end of the parts or strands at the non-acting end, in the form shown, are curved so as to furnish a finger loop d, to facilitate handling the fork in use.

In use the fork is inserted in the mouth or neck of the bottle or receptacle and the spear point b,made to enter the body of the pickle; and when entered the spear point I) furnishes a pivot on which the fork can be turned and in turning cause the hook grab c to enter or engage the body of the pickle outside of the spear point for the spear point and hook grab to firmly bite or grasp the .pickle and hold the same against falling off in withdrawing the pickle from the bottle or. receptacle. After the pickle has been fully withdrawn a reverse turn of the fork will disengage the hook grab from the pickle, permitting the fork to be readily removed.

The device is very simple but furnishes a fork specially adapted for removing pickles, olives, and other articles from bottles or receptacles; and.such removal is not attended with any difliculty and inconvenience as the fork, at its acting end, can be inserted into and engaged with the body of the pickle for removing the pickle and can be 'easil and by Letters-Patent is 1. A ickle fork, consisting of a stem, formed twisting together two strips or strands of metal, and an acting end having a spear point at-the terminal end of one strip or strand and an outwardly curved hook gra at the terminal end of the other strip or strand, for the acting end to enter and grasp the body of the pickle, substantially as described.

of wire turned on itself to furnish two strands andhaving the two strands twisted together to form a stein and having the free end of one strand shaped to form a spear point and having the free end of the other strand sha ed to form an outwardly curved hook gra A the spear point and hook grab constituting an acting end for entering and grasping the body 10 of the pickle, substantially as described.

3. A pickle fork made from a single piece of wire turned on itself to furnish two strands and having the two strands twisted together 7 I to form a stem and having the free end of one 15 strand shaped to'form a spear point and having the free end of the other strand'sha' ed to form an outwardly and spirally curve hook grab, the spear point and the hook grab constituting an acting end for entering and gras ing the body of a pickle, substantially as e- 20 scribed.

4. A pickle fork, consisting of a stem and an acting end, the acting end having a spear oint and an outwardly and spirally curved hook grab for entering and grasping the 25 body of the pickle, substantially as described.

EDWARD F. MENKIN. Witnesses:

' WILLIAM P. Bonn, OSCAR W. Bonn. 

